We also know the perils to the consumer of monopoly situations and it would appear that flybe is dangerously close to that status in the UK's domestic market. Despite Cloud 1's protestations to the contrary, history shows that flybe is a predatory company that has, in the past 2 years, built critical mass to overpower whoever it decides to set its sights upon. The anti-competition argument is, perhaps, the only recourse the small regional airlines will be able to use against flybe expansion/domination.